thank you to speed man in a good idea what the guy fietta will not find me beside you. do you have to leave this here just because i it but there's a dang yet. that was but it little luck. ah, a wall street journal reporter could face 20 years in prison after he's arrested by russian authorities on claims. he was spying on behalf of the american government. the u. s. congress rejects legislation to increase oversight of the 10s of billions sent to you great. despite the concerns of regular americans about why they're a taxpayer dollars are being sent overseas from brazil. and china strike a deal to bypass the green by turning to their own currency for use in by law wrote with

live from moscow. this is our t, i'm you know, legal on 30 minutes of news and views start. russian authorities health detained a wall street journal reporter on suspicion of engaging in espionage for the u. s. government and moscow courthouse rule to keep the journalist behind bars pending on investigation. ortiz marina cost surveys, or course the development. there's a lot of friends here at the moment. wait in the catch, and the glimpse all of the american journalists and any time the black car behind me makes any sort of noise like right now, we believe that the american journalist is in that car right now, the black car that is departing. this course we can see there we go, and we believe that even girl school, which is now leaving the moscow court. and as we can see, there's not only lots of press here but some heavy duty armed guards. and that's

because earlier in the day this court received a bomb threat that had to be evacuated. this is shortly right before even getsco's actually made it here. but since then they checked everything. everything was okay . and the, the preceding returns ah, back to normal. and we heard that the chief investigator asked for even girl ko, it's to receive espionage charges. now once again, this all comes after the f as be released, the statements where they said that they detains on the american journalists in the city of you got it in book while he was receiving secret information. now, 32 year old reporter, ah, he's been working for the moscow bureau of the wall street journal. previously he worked for the moscow times. i, he worked for agency france price. he was in accredited a journalist. he had an accreditation from russia's foreign ministry. and this is what the foreign ministry had to say about this case today. what this employee of

the american publication, the wall street journal was doing, indicated in book has nothing to do with journalism. unfortunately, this is not the 1st time that the status of a foreign correspondent along with a journalistic visa. anacreon station was used by a foreigner in our country to cover up activities that were not journalism. this is not the 1st time that such a westerner has been caught red handed. right now, there'll be looking into his activities here in russia were heard from, ah, the crumb and spokesperson with his scott, who earlier said that he was caught red handed, meaning that they have the evidence to charge him. i would assume. so right now will be waiting to see what the outcome is after this hearing, and will no doubt be given you more information as soon as we have it. we'll just in terms of reaction u. s. secretary of state anthony blink. and how's condemn the detention of the reporter claiming moscow has continuously intimidated and repressed journalists. he adds that us citizens in russia are, quote,

in danger and should leave the country. earlier we discussed these allegations all the wall street journal correspondence spying on the russian defense industry. with independent journalist, mike jones and former us marine john doug is no secret, especially in this day and age that the american journalistic structure. all of them just about are working for the united states government. it really depends on what this individual was trying to get. but if you're trying to get military secrets related to like weapons, like how much they're producing or anything like this, that's very detrimental to russian security. and you know, they can't just let something like that go, unfortunately, trying to gather secret information is not a normal thing that journalists do. i mean, they report on the ground in different countries. but you're,

you're not really supposed to be going to weapons manufacturers and trying to obtain steep secrets. i would expect a lot of spin on it and down playing his role and why he was there were speculating at the moment, but i wouldn't be surprised if it were to do with perhaps even the production of ammunition levels. because we know that the west is very can sense. you can't seem to ramp up their supplies and perhaps he's trying to ascertain just how capable russian industry is. if indeed this is as it is claiming to be. again, it's another level of desperation. i feel of the u. s. and the collective west as they desperately try to scramble to gain some advantage in that huge blunder and mistake that they've made and they're desperately trying to trying to back pedal the u. s. congress has rejected down initiative to closely monitored the billions

of dollars and a that's being shipped to ukraine. it comes to spite demands up the us, make sure that the weapon st actually end up where they are intended. this body has spent to date $113000000000.00 on the war and ukraine and county. and yet we do not have any direct oversight of any of the money that is being spent . listen, we learned this the hard way in ghana. stan will us mainstream media reports that only 30 percent of the american arm center key of actually makes it to the front lines. meanwhile, the use border control agency has sounded the alarm about a substantial increase in guns smuggling. there have been rising concerns among ordinary americans about why the government is sending more big figures this $100000000000.00 and aid to ukraine. when those funds, many things could be better spent protecting citizens. i made, for example, li,

escalating banking crisis. money to be accounted for, we need to know where the money things and not not fraud, it would feel better if we used our resources to support and aid our own people. and most people within our orders rather than going outside to, to a foreign country to make it better than that. here instead of the other only obvious well wall of the main beneficiaries of the us defend funding our private contractors estimates over the past year suggest independent recipients got more than half of washington's national security budget. a lot of zeros there on the u. s. inspector general, all of dana stone has warned that could signal corruption between the government

and the military industrial complex. you are bound to get corrupt elements of not only the ukrainian or the hose governments, but also of us government contractures or other 3rd party contractors to try to steal the money. there is just so much money going in and it's hard to keep track off. i'm not super optimistic that we're going to learn a lesson. i've been in washington since 92 and learning lessons is not in our d n a in the united states. unfortunately. well, we've crunch the numbers to see how ukraine's war effort compares with past conflicts. washington has been directly involved in let's take a look. america is estimated to spend on ukraine, about half the money it did per year in vietnam, while washington spending a literally to kia, has actually surpassed the annual funding of its previous war. enough gala to know these numbers all that you're seeing here, by the way,

our inflation adjusted too much with this one, the vietnam callisom wars were seen as ending in a rezoning failure for the u. s. despite the massive tools they put on the economy, there's still no clear indication of a potential limit by the way to america's commitment to the ukraine conflict. and earlier i spoke to a number of people on this, including retired us or forced lieutenant colonel carney could tell us you who said there's by parts some support for ramping up ukraine's war effort. us congressmen are often directly funded by the private military and strict. i know how the u. s. senate gets reelected and they get re elected through their relationships and the donors that they have in this country. and out of many of those are from the defense sector. and so, you know, it's not in their interest to reduce spending. it's not in their interest to ask hard questions that may lead to the reduction in that spent. that's exactly what would happen if we actually looked at this. there is by bipartisan support to

continue to spend, as we saw with the senate. you the senate vote just recently. i think we'll hear more talk about it as they, as the various candidates, some try to lay the waste in the fraud and the destruction. on the other side, we know from viet nam and from afghanistan in many other places that we don't care about democracy. in fact, the only kind of democracy, the united states really likes is the kind that is allied with its current political interest. even though congress doesn't seem to have learned its lessons on afghanistan, i think the american people kind of have, and i do see a more popular pushback against what the congress is doing. the americans are tired of this very tired of it, and they don't see it is productive. they don't understand what it's about, and they don't even know the full history. and as some of that truth comes out on how long that this government, united states government has stoked this war, has tried to really sacrifice ukraine at this altar as they find these things out

and they are beginning to they become angry. and so i don't, the support in this country is not there for increasing this. the only support i see is support to end the war this year alone. intriguing exchange this a spokes person for the un secretary general was left wondering what the fox actually are in an exchange with a c g t n correspondent, after he alleged there are at no us armed forces in syria at this. what's the, what's the difference is related to lin, syria is no attrition in syria and the situation you're crying. there's no us armed forces inside of syria. and so at a, so i don't have a, it's, it's not a very little situation. you're sure there's no, there's no u. s. u s. military personnel i, i believe this military activity. yeah. but a but a but in terms of ground presence in syria, i'm not aware of that. okay. 5 us service members were injured in that attack. if

there's no, there were no us soldier service members in syria. how could they got injured? but that's weird, right? should i ask? it all comes after an american military base in syria was attacked just last week. the muskets health accused the u. s. of stealing the countries oil under the guise of us posted on the terrorism operation. washington which is believed to have hot forces in syria for nearly a decade, has openly call for regime change in the country. stephen sack, who need a journalist in syria, sees america he is of the view, has taken the un hostage american appearance in the area. yes, it is illegal in any country. if the government of the country and the leader of the country asked for help from an from a friendly country, states that cow syria did, was iran suited with russia? that is legal appearance that is held from one prince to another friendly country.

but the united states came in to syria and occupy that he's still here. yeah, we are all of the or you will, the gas will, and the week of syria and are harvesting them and pumping the oil and gas stealing them and using the answer. and using that money to fund the kurdish militia separate this want to separate and get up into pieces. and that is why why? because they want to keep the mask. if we get the student government and who's the president of a doctor, but i thought the ones that we why do the one to 3 because he's outside of the united states. and he doesn't go under the orders of the united states and the united states embassy today in the u. n. is taking hostage by the united states law makers in the us are pressing that by that ministration to investigate israel's use

of american weapons. it comes as criticism grows over scenes of violence involving palestinians among the actions of what the politicians brand. as the new right wing is really government we urge immediate action to prevent the further loss of israeli and palestinian lives. we call on your administration to ensure that all future foreign assistance to israel, including weapons and equipment, is not used in support. a gross violations of human rights, including by strengthening end use, monitoring and financial tracking. a letter signed by 10 law makers criticizes they is really government on several cabinet members, particularly the national security and finance ministers. now the list of concerns include an escalation and violence, the killing of both palestinians. and this really westbank settlement expansion and using us weapons in human rights crimes. for 2023,

congress appropriated $3800000000.00 in aid to israel for defense, nearly $100000000.00 quote. in funding for other cooperative defense non defense programs as well. just to point out this year has had a violent start with their more than $85.00 palestinian skills since january, including 16 children. while last year was the deadliest for those in the contested west bank since 2004. well, the congressional letter, also slums, israel for violence towards protesters during the demonstrations against you. digital reform rocking the country this month. but television reaction to the letter has been defined with the national security minister ban chavira saying washington has no power over israel. the united states needs to understand that

israel is an independent country and not another star on the us flag. let's draw the slide now. i to new york, the co director of the international action center is sar flounders for her. take on developments are a good to have you on the program today. what do you make of this letter from the u . s. lawmakers? indeed. what is it revealed perhaps? the current states of what's always been recently at least water tie us is really relations well, the impact of this letter, as even expected by those who draft in it will be that the u. s. government completely ignores it, as they have ignored any call from the region from the palestinian people from arab countries and from the entire world. u. s. policy is meant as a weapon against the palestinians as a weapon to keep the arab people as

a whole divided. it's meant for repression. it's not a surprise. it's not that they lose sight of it. it would be great if there weren't really an investigation. will there be? no, they know exactly what they're doing with these weapons and they're meant from nation repression. they're meant for the very brutality which they commit. and israel could not exist one minute without us aid funding, diplomatic support, political support, economic support that has been non stop for some 5 years. one of the tickler aspects of this, at the end of the letter, sar, lawmakers off the by did ministration to look into israel's use of us weaponry. given the chance they could have been used for killing palestinians. is that a consideration is not something that those sending the weapons is that going through their head or is that just by the by i know exactly what those weapons are

doing. they're intended to kill palestinian people. it's not a surprise. it's not o g. we lost sight of a few guns, a know the from the very beginning. that's what the weapons are intended to do. and that is very much what they achieve. so it's what the bombs are meant to do. the bring down a tire apartment complexes. it's, it's what the weapons that killed children are meant to do. whether on the west bank in garza, or within the existing borders of israel today, they're meant as repression against the palestinian people. and they're also meant for war on the surrounding countries, as we see in syria to the stay where it's israel bombs. so they don't lose sight of these weapons. they know what they're doing. just perhaps, doing whatever intended to do on the timing sort of this letter. why do you think

the, they're mainly progressive democrats speaking up is, is there a fear perhaps that they think out, say, republicans could take the white house next year on this? you know, with normal, see, will ensue on the, the issues being raised will be forgotten about again, the issues are being raised will be forgotten by the media again and again. and again, as they always are here in the united states, where there is complete support for zionism as a form of us and colonial control. so i think guess they'll be forgotten and more more funds, more weapons will come up. the letter comes now because your is deep division, even within israel, among the zionists themselves. and we can see that in the huge demonstrations and divisions in the courts and the division in every part. there's division among the

zionist because palestinian resistance has continued. and that's important, that continuation of palestinian resistance through every year through every decade is finally wearing into the very fabric of zionism. there does appear though, to be a more of a difference between israel and the u. s. than, than any time in recent, at times when we heard just yesterday, national security minister of israel, banga, you're saying the country is not quote, another star on the u. s. at flag talking about protests that perhaps the u. s. were in, involved in. how do you think relations lie right now? well right now because there's an extreme right wing groping ah, netanyahu and to his he's in a block, he's in

a coalition with extreme right wing zionist forces. so it's not popular. it's not how allocate to here in the u. s. or in israel. so there's an effort to create some distance. will it mean a fundamental change? i don't think so. the u. s. remains committed to israel as their unsinkable aircraft carrier in the region. that's how they've always viewed it, and that is what it continues to be. while they may wring their hands and express how pain they are. and all of that, that is just the window dressing. now the letter is important because it exposes on just how brutal the repression is and calling for an investigation. that is what the people of the whole world have to do. and here in the us to is to demand a cease and these weapons of ending all aid to israel, all age israel to this repressive zionist settler state. that is why it

exists. and as we can see in the repression today, that repression is an ending, that there's no intention on the part of, of the zionist forces to, to, and in any way their policy of new settlements, their policy of bombing, their policy of the most abusive apartheid conditions. okay, ok, the thoughts of sorry, flanders, co director of being financial action center live on ortiz. thank you, sir. ah, the european union sage relations with china are dependent on the country's style cindy, ukrainian, conflicts suggesting beijing should follow the western lead agenda. any piece plan which, what's in effect consolidate ration annexations is simply not

a viable plan. we have to be frank on this point, how china continues to interact with proteins. war will be a determining factor for each china relations. going follow it while lookout china, the unelected queen of europe. ursula vander line, and the self appointed hall monitor for the global school yard is telling you that she and europe are going to be watching you while you hang out with russia, which it considers to be a bad influence on you. and just might decide to punish you if she doesn't like what she sees. and she's coming over to beijing next week with everyone's teachers, pet french president, a menu. and michael, and what you going to do, he's going to go over there and waive your finger in chinese president. she's in pings, face father mindset that china was becoming more repressive at home and more assertive abroad as she runs over to china, to assert herself on behalf of the

e. u. in the wake of an entire winter during which she and european leaders are cracking down european shower time. no, that's not repressive at all. it's the kind of rhetoric that we've seen all over the mainstream western press talk about china preparing for war. even though it's the us that's been doing pretty much everything, it actively can to gin up tensions between china and taiwan. particularity within the context of the conflict in ukraine, in which ukrainians are pretty much playing the role against russia on behalf of western interests. that tie, one would be playing for them against china in the event that a conflict ever went hot and popped off. and there's been no war since all of these kinds of headlines have started appearing back in 2020, at the very latest, but constant talking about war is and china and it's just been ongoing in most telling of underlines,

said we're president. she's parting words to russian president vladimir putin on the steps outside the when, when he said right now there are changes the likes of which we haven't seen for a 100 years, and we are the ones driving these changes together. okay, so she singled those words out, you kind of to wonder why she so bothered by the prospect of multi polarity, which is essentially what the 2 men were talking about. perhaps because the risks losing its close in a multi polar world in which the u. s. doesn't run the show with europe riding shotgun, in which case you think wagner line would have eased up on the threats like the one she made to reassess the massive trade deal. the china comprehensive trade agreement on investment ratified in 2020. that would, it was then frozen in 2021 after brussels in beijing sanctioned each other's officials. still were talking about the ease, largest trading partner in a time when it still paying a really high price. and of course, the citizens,

especially from cutting itself off from its top provider of cheap energy, which would be russia. so wagner line also sounded during this talk that to face here, like someone who was invited over to a dinner party, but realized a few days before that it would be really awkward if she didn't, at least try refraining things a bit, given that she had just been the last few years, totally publicly badmouthing the host. our relationship with china is one of the most intricate and important anywhere in the world. and how we manage it will be a determining factor. i believe it is neither viable, non your interest to decoupled from china or we relations. i'm not black or white and our response cannot be either. and this is

why we need to focus on di risk. not d couple. that sounds like an effort to not show up on the door of china with your foot shoved deep down your throat in your mouth. yeah, the relationship isn't black or white. all right? because europe has no clear and independent strategic vision unless ambiguity is suddenly a strategy towards your talk trading partner. and it seems like it doesn't really have a clue where it's going either. it's trying to cater to washington's anti china interests, while at the same time wanting to preserve its own interests with china, brussels basically trying to drive down the highway while straddling to different lanes, which really, in any case doesn't seem like the smartest thing to do something else we're watching today, brazil and china of struck a deal to drop the dollar in favor of their own currencies for bilateral trade transactions. an agreement and setting,

paying and seeing you on has been signed with brazil, which greatly facilitates our trait. we are planning to expand corporation in the field of food and mineral extraction, and to search for a possibility of exporting goods with high added value from china to brazil, and from brazil to china. let's break that down the deal. any of us, china, on the biggest economy in latin america to conduct financial transactions directly with i'd converting their currencies into u. s. dollars. the knock on effect, the new arrangement is there for expected to reduce costs and facilitate bilateral trade on investment. china remains brazilians, largest trading partner, followed by b u. s. and is also brazil's biggest export market as well. well, all this comes just days after for the 1st time china using its own currency to import around $65000.00 tons of liquefied natural gas from the u. e. it was a french company, total energies who settle that beijing is increasingly trying to use the u. on to

buy energy on the global market and move seen by many as a threat to the american greenback. political science professor at the university of brazilian polo of funds so believes that process of de dollarization term we're increasingly hearing is already underway. is these are inevitable new realities. the behavior of the u. s. has weakened the power of the donor as they use that currency to dominate the world. i think dominance of the donor is coming to an end. perhaps the process of di dollarization will take a long time, but suddenly it's already begun and i should say quite intensively, especially after the destabilization of the situation on the international arena. the weakening of the dollar is inevitable due to the transition of trade transactions to national currencies. there's no need for extra intermediate trading operations the necessary if the deals is set in dollars. however, this is a new mechanism and is still unknown how companies will use it. nevertheless,

we're confident that this will create a legal infrastructure for the development and enhancement of trading relations. john has been brazil's largest trading partner since the 2 thousands. the shift to using national currencies is easier and will beneficial for all sides for me, practical points view. that's why we're seeing the decline of the mediation of the u. s. donna. nor claim by the ukranian orthodox church than the termination of a lease agreement on its largest monastery was a legal has been rejected by a court. and it comes amid a government attempt to evict monks from the site ukrainian vice region in charge of the monastery house. already said the law the mirrors, lensky is quote, kicking monks out onto the street. that's the local media report that arm police attempted to enter the holy grinds to a vic parishioners on the monks residing.